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Direct linkClonan, Sheila M.; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; McDougal, James L.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Implicit within a perspective of positive psychology is the assumption that environments can be promoted to foster individual strengths through a preventative focus and the development of positive institutions. Given that the development of positive institutions has direct implications for school psychology, this paper begins to draw attention to…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Classroom Environment, Individual Development, History
Creamer, Don G.; Akins, E. G. – Community College Frontiers, 1981
Asserts that community colleges have a responsibility for all students' developmental growth. Reviews human development theories to support a Grounded Formal Theory Approach (GFTA) to redesigning the college environment to meet adult needs. Outlines the seven-step GFTA process, which comprises developmental and content theory. Provides an example…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Download full textThacker, Charlene; Novak, Mark – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
A study of 276 women aged 35-64 re-entering higher education used the life-event framework to focus on stresses of university life, coping methods, and adaptations to school demands. Subgroup (women with young families and mature families) experiences were compared. Each had different motives, strains, and coping methods. Program options are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Coping, Family (Sociological Unit), Females
